The informal recycling economy is turning global e-waste into profit — at a steep human and environmental cost.
By Yashraj Sharma
New Delhi, India. August 26, 2025. In the dead of a cold December night in 2023, at a dump near Delhi, hundreds of men huddled around small bonfires, clutching paper cups of tea. They tossed plastic bags into the flames as they waited for a fleet of trucks to arrive…